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He was promoted to Bundesliga 2 with the first team at OSC Bremerhaven and went straight back down in 1979/80. But his performances in the 35 games in the second season were so good that Fortuna Köln, rivals from Bundesliga 2 North, brought him to the Südstadion. He made a name for himself there, became a U21 international and in his second season at Fortuna received lots of offers from the Bundesliga. Wolfgang Rolff opted for Hamburg SV.
From the 1982/83 season he was a first choice in Hamburg where he played 32 Bundesliga matches helping HSV to become champions of Germany. The high point in that season was the final in the European Cup. In the final against Juventus, Rolff played their midfield maestro Michel Platini off the park. The North German club became champions of Europe with a goal scored by Felix Magath. As season he made his debut for Germany. Wolle made his first of 37 international appearances in a 1-0 defeat in Portugal on 23 February 1983. After the 1986 World Cup and being a runner-up he arrived under the Bayer Cross. In his three years at Bayer 04, he played 125 games and scored 14 goals. Very important was his penalty converted as the second player in the penalty shootout in the UEFA Cup final against Espanyol. As the captain of the Werkself he was the first to hold the trophy up into the dark night sky.
After three years in Leverkusen, Wolfgang Rolff joined Racing Strasbourg in the summer of 1989. He returned to Germany a year later, this time to Bayer 05 Uerdingen. They was relegated from the Bundesliga. For the 1991/92 season he followed the call of Karlsruher coach Winfried Schäfer and helped KFC achieve a UEFA Cup finish. In that competition, Karlsruher caused a stir in the following season by reaching the semi-finals.
In 1994, at the age of 35, Wolfgang Rolff returned to the Rhineland again. Firstly he played for FC Köln for three years and then another season for Fortuna Köln in Bundesliga 2.
He started his coaching career after ending his playing career. After being head coach at SV Meppen, he primarily made his name as assistant coach to Berti Vogts – including in Leverkusen – and Thomas Schaaf. Rolff had his best years in Bremen. He stayed with the Green and Whites from 2004 to 2013 and he won the Pokal with Werder Bremen in 2009 with a 1-0 win against Bayer 04 in the final. The North Germans were back in the final a year later but this time they lost 4-0 to Bayern Munich.
Wolle looks back at a long career in football. Both as a player and as a coach, he has experienced and seen a lot. Today he runs a sports marketing agency with his son Yannik and lives in Cologne with his wife Andrea.
Dear Wolle, I wish you many happy returns on your 65th birthday. Stay fit and healthy and have a great time!
Michael Ballack was born on 26 September 1976 in Görlitz, in what was then East Germany. His talent for football became apparent at an early age. After his family moved to Karl-Marx-Stadt – now Chemnitz – he began playing football for BSG Motor ‘Fritz Heckert’ Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he steadily developed his skills. From Year 7 onwards, he attended the Children’s and Youth Sports School and received systematic sporting support, which, in 1988 – due to his growing skill as a player – led to a move to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. At the age of 16, he had to take a six-month break due to growth problems, but after that, Michael was unstoppable.
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José Elias Moedim Júnior, known as Zé Elias, was born on 25 September 1976 in São Paulo. He received his football training at Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, or Corinthians for short, and was promoted to the first team at the age of just 17. PSV Eindhoven had already taken notice of him by this stage, but the move to Europe was still too early for him. The tenacious defensive midfielder established himself in the first team over the following three years. With Corinthians, Zé Elias won the São Paulo City Championship and the Brazilian Cup in 1995. With his excellent vision, his determination and his assured ball control, he made a significant contribution to his team’s success.
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In their second season in Bundesliga 2 North, the Werkself face Fortuna Köln at their home ground, the Ulrich Haberland Stadium, on matchday 7. Both teams are level on seven points, sitting eighth and ninth in the table.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of September. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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September gets off to a disastrous start, though not for the Werkself: the German national team, featuring Bayer 04 players Jens Nowotny, Michael Ballack and Oliver Neuville, suffer a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of England in a World Cup qualifier at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Jens Nowotny, in particular, came in for sharp criticism. With this defeat, Germany’s direct qualification is now hanging in the balance.
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